Ingredients
4 egg whites
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp cornflour
300 ml tub thickened cream
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Icing sugar mixture, to decorate
Macerated strawberries
2 x 250 g punnets strawberries, hulled, thickly sliced
¼ cup orange-flavoured liqueur
¼ cup icing sugar mixture
Method
- Grease a 26cm x 32cm Swiss roll pan. Line base and long sides with baking paper, extending paper 5cm above pan edges.
- To make pavlova roll, beat egg whites in large bowl of an electric mixer until soft peaks almost form. With motor operating, add sugar 1 tbsp at a time, beating between each addition until combined. Beat for a further 3 minutes until thick and glossy. Fold in vinegar, then cornflour. Spread evenly into pan.
- Cook on the lowest shelf in a slow oven (150C) for about 18 minutes, or until lightly browned. Immediately turn out onto a wire rack lined with baking paper. Gently remove paper from roll. Cool.
- To macerate strawberries, combine all ingredients in a bowl. Stand for 30 minutes, at room temperature, until strawberries are soft. Drain. Reserve juices.
- Beat cream and vanilla in a small bowl of an electric mixer until firm peaks form.
- With one long edge of pavlova facing you, spread cream over top. Arrange a quarter of the strawberries over cream, leaving a 5cm strip at opposite long edge. Slide onto a chopping board. Starting at long edge closest to you, roll up pavlova, using baking paper as a guide. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until firm.
- Dust with icing sugar. Serve with remaining strawberries and reserved strawberry juices.